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Debt (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Debt |
Schedule of maturity of long-term debt | Long-term debt matures as follows (in thousands):
2013 |  | $ | 268 |
2014 |  |  | 290 |
2015 |  |  | 314 |
2016 |  |  | 340 |
2017 |  |  | 368 |
Thereafter |  |  | 826 |
|  |  | 2,406 |
Less current portion |  |  | 268 |
|  | $ | 2,138 |
Schedule of components of interest expenses recorded on the notes | The components of interest expense recorded on the notes were as follows (in thousands):
|  | For the year ended December 31, |
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|  | 2011 |  | 2010 |
Contractual interest |  | $ | 2,025 |  | $ | 4,355 |
Accretion of the discount on the notes |  |  | 1,260 |  |  | 3,058 |
Total interest expense on the notes |  | $ | 3,285 |  | $ | 7,413 |
Effective interest rate |  |  | 6.7 | % |  | 7.0 | %

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the combined aggregate amount of maturities and sinking fund requirements for all long-term borrowings for each of the five years following the date of the latest balance sheet date presented. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 470 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6802200&loc=d3e1835-112601 + Details
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